In 2017, Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA had a population of 111k people with a median age of 42.7 and a median household income of $160,125. Between 2016 and 2017 the population of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA grew from 110,049 to 110,981, a 0.847% increase and its median household income grew from $156,421 to $160,125, a 2.37% increase.

The population of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA is 82.8% White Alone, 9.32% Asian Alone, and 3.6% Hispanic or Latino. 17.7% of the people in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA speak a non-English language, and 95% are U.S. citizens.

This chart presents movement trends over time in the state of Massachusetts across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.

Median household income in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA is $160,125. Males in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA have an average income that is 1.72 times higher than the average income of females, which is $113,543. The income inequality in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA (measured using the Gini index) is 0.529, which is higher than than the national average.

Households in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA have a median annual income of $160,125, which is more than the median annual income of $61,937 across the entire United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $156,421 in 2016, which represents a 2.37% annual growth.

The following chart shows how the median household income in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA compares to that of its neighboring and parent geographies.

This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA by number of full-time employees.

In 2017 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA workers was White. These workers were paid 1.09 times more than Asian workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.

This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA by number of full-time employees.

In 2017, the income inequality in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was 0.529 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.02% growth from 2016 to 2017, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even.

The 2017 the GINI for Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was higher than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

3.29% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA (3.45k out of 105k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 13.1%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 75+.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA is White, followed by Black and Asian.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

99% of the population of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA has health coverage, with 69.6% on employee plans, 3.46% on Medicaid, 12% on Medicare, 13.6% on non-group plans, and 0.292% on military or VA plans.

Per capita personal health care spending in the puma of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was $10,559 in 2014. This is a 2.78% increase from the previous year ($10,273).

Primary care physicians in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA see 954 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.421% increase from the previous year (950 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1010 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 185 patients per year.

Comparing across all counties in the state, Bristol County has the highest prevalence of diabetes (11.4%). Additionally, Bristol County has the highest prevalence of adult obesity (29.1%)

In 2016, West Virginia had the highest prevalence of adults with major depressive episode, with 8.26% of the population affected. The second highest is Arkansas (8.13%), followed by New Hampshire (7.98%).

The following map shows the percent of individuals with major depressive episode by state over multiple years.

Between N/A and 2016, the percent of uninsured citizens in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA stayed by NaNk% from N/A% to 1.03%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA is home to a population of 111k people, from which 95% are citizens. As of 2016, 14.5% of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA residents were born outside of the country (15.9k people).

In 2017, the median age of all people in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was 42.7. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 41, were generally younger than than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 48. But people in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA are getting staying the same age. In 2016, the average age of all Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA residents was 43.

As of 2016, 14.5% of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA residents (15.9k people) were born outside of the United States, which is higher than the national average of 13.7%. In 2015, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was 13.8%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2017, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was China, the natal country of 2,534 Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA residents, followed by India with 958 and Russia with 920.

As of 2017, 95% of Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2016, the percentage of US citizens in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was 95.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2017, there were 8.88 times more White Alone residents (91.8k people) in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 10.3k Asian Alone and 3.99k Hispanic or Latino residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA as a share of the total population.

Most students graduating from Universities in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA are White (1,548 and 53.2%), followed by Asian (369 and 12.7%), Unknown (336 and 11.5%), and Hispanic or Latino (293 and 10.1%).

The median tuition costs in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA are $49,132 for private four year colleges, and $N/A and $N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

In 2015, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was General Economics with 103 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA according to their major.

In 2017, the Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA institution with the largest number of graduating students was Babson College with 1,071 degrees awarded.

In 2017, 1,147 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA, which is 0.518 times less than the 2,213 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2017 the majority of degrees awarded at institutions in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA were to White students. These 1,548 degrees mean that there were 4.2 times more White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Asian, with 369 degrees awarded.

The median property value in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was $827,600 in 2017, which is 3.6 times larger than the national average of $229,700. Between 2016 and 2017 the median property value increased from $791,500 to $827,600, a 4.56% increase. The homeownership rate in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA is 85.5%, which is higher than the national average of 63.9%. People in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA have an average commute time of 28.3 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2017, the median property value in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA grew to to $827,600 from the previous year's value of $791,500.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA the largest share of households have a property value in the $500k - $750k range.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$160,125

Median Household Income

± $4,873

37.1k

Number of Households

± 1,028

In 2017, the median household income of the 37.1k households in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA grew to $160,125 from the previous year's value of $156,421.

The following chart displays the households in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

This chart shows the households in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

In 2017, 85.5% of the housing units in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 85.5%.

This percentage of owner-occupation is higher than the national average of 63.9%. This chart shows the ownership percentage in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2017, the most common method of travel for workers in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA was Drove Alone (67.9%), followed by those who Worked At Home (10.6%) and those who Public Transit (10.3%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

The following chart displays the households in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA have 2 cars, followed by 3 cars.